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See how verdicts work6-bedroom detached house · TN38 0LJ
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About
Beautifully presented Edwardian house of 8,461 sq ft on a corner plot in St Leonards, with garage and parking.
Description Accessed via a gated driveway this link-detached period house, dating from around 1900, is currently used as a six bedroom home with additional accommodation on the second floor in the form of an apartment.
It occupies a corner plot on Albany Road and The Green and provides very generous proportions with accommodation including a cellar amounting to in total 8,461 sq ft.
Period features of ceiling roses, moulded cornicing and sash windows abound and provide a feeling of grandeur, enhanced by the excellent ceiling heights and overall room sizes.
The current accommodation is principally over ground and first floors which are very well presented, including an impressive breakfast/kitchen located in the property’s formal chapel.
Whilst the second floor, provides many additional rooms which are decorated and fitted out to a more basic standard with potential to finish to suit one's taste.
There are three separate staircases from the ground to the first floor and with an existing additional entrance this opens up scope for a separate flat(s), subject to any necessary permissions.
The second, unoccupied floor, offers the potential to create a separate three-bedroom apartment, with private stairway and independent access from the rear.
The gardens are to the front and side of the property and are kept fairly simply with a patio terrace coming off the kitchen and planted borders to the front.
There is off road parking for several cars. Location St Leonards-on-Sea is a charming coastal town situated within the borough of Hastings.
There is an excellent selection of shops, restaurants and leisure facilities in the area together with beautiful historic parks including, Marwick Gardens which is local to the property - a 160 year old subscription garden (currently fully subscribed).
The Green lta tennis club is less than 250 metres away. St Leonards Gardens on Maze Hill provides an attractive public park whilst the bracing seafront is only 0.6 of a mile from the property.
The Old Town has its own special character with unique/antique shops and restaurants supplied by local fishing boats.
St Leonards Warrior Square station is 0.6 of a mile and offers direct train services to London Charing Cross, London Bridge and London Cannon Street.
There is a range of schools in both the state and private sectors at primary and secondary level in the wider area.
These include Claremont, Vinehall at Robertsbridge and St Ronans preparatory schools, Bedes School, Upper Dicker and Eastbourne College, Eastbourne.
The M20 can be joined at Ashford with links to London, the coast and other motorway networks. The A21 at Flimwell with links to the M25 at junction 5 and Gatwick and Heathrow airports.
*All mileages and distances are approximate Square Footage: 8,461 sq ft Directions Additional Info Services: All mains services connected
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About 65, Albany Road, East Sussex
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